Tenerife Weather

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#LivingTheDream

While sat on your rattan seat under your toldo drinking Mojitos, it can't get much better than that.

[Nova]

La Gomera has returned!  I could see lights in the towns last night and this morning the hazy silhouette is unmistakable.  It's much fresher and cooler for now and there are lots of fluffy white clouds in the sky 

[El Profesor]

La Gomera has returned!  I could see lights in the towns last night and this morning the hazy silhouette is unmistakable.  It's much fresher and cooler for now and there are lots of fluffy white clouds in the sky 

Back to perfect.

[Nova]

This morning it's cool and cloudy and I was woken in the night by... wait for it.... rain!!!!!!!!!! 

[Michael]

This morning it's cool and cloudy and I was woken in the night by... wait for it.... rain!!!!!!!!!! 

Bone dry here.

[Nova]

I don't think it rained heavily, just enough to leave mucky spots everywhere.  But it's freshened things up a little bit 

[Michael]

I've only been here 10 months but I have to say that I now completely understand why everyone gets all excited when it rains. 

[Janet]

 After a few gorgeous days with cooler and beautiful summer weather, it looks like the heat will start to return from Thursday, and will bring a calima with it, though the east winds that herald its arrival could be felt as early as tomorrow. The new hot front should last until at least the end of the weekend, with temperatures being up to 8º higher than the last few lovely days, and easily exceeding 40ºC in the eastern province and south Tenerife.

[Janet]

 In view of the forecast, which now includes a Met Office yellow alert for Tenerife on Friday with temperatures of up to 36º forecast along with high winds, the Canarian Government's Dirección General Seguridad y Emergencias has issued a forest fire risk alert for the western islands of Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro ... and La Palma, where a serious forest fire has broken out this afternoon in the western mountains accessible only to airborne firefighting services, which have been requested from other islands by the La Palma Cabildo. The alert also extends to Gran Canaria, which seeems set to have the hottest weather, and whose alert for Friday is orange for temperatures to 37º.

The forest fire risk alert is in place from this lunchtime and will remain in place until further notice. Official advice about the vastly increased risks of forest fires in hot windy conditions, and how best to prevent them, and to stay safe if caught in the vicinity of one is HERE. There is also information HERE on how to stay safe in heatwaves generally.

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[Janet]

With the calima already arriving, and tomorrow's temperatures set to soar, and with the fire still blazing in La Palma, the Canarian Government has issued a Maximum Alert for fire risk starting at 8am tomorrow. It will remain in place until further notice. The regional Government directs the public to the official advice which I've published in English on my website.

In view of the Government's alert, the Tenerife Cabildo itself has introduced a range of measures to minimise risk. José Antonio Valbuena, the Cabildo vicepresidente and environment councillor, and Bernabé Gutiérrez of Brifor, announced today that the weather conditions now arriving, and which will be at their worst tomorrow and Saturday, are forecast to be such that extreme measures are required. They say that the conditions are expected to affect the Canaries until Sunday, and that there will therefore be a ban on all mountain activities while the Canarian Government's alert remains in place.

On behalf of the Cabildo the pair called on the public to avoid forest and mountain areas, and to take extreme care with any activity that could represent any fire risk. Naturally, no fires or fireworks are allowed in mountain and forest areas, nor BBQs or use of machine tools. Camping too has been banned, and Cabildo officials have today moved some 140 people who were in various recreational areas, with further evacuations still to take place this evening. Authorizations already given for mountain sports or camping have been temporarily revoked.

Finally, José Antonio Valbuena conveyed the sympathies of the Tenerife Cabildo to the family of Francisco Santana, now named as a park ranger who died in the La Palma fire, the first such death in the Canaries since 1984. He stressed that the measures taken today by the Cabildo were intended to avoid precisely such an eventuality in Tenerife. He confirmed that presently this island has sent 22 Brifor personnel over to La Palma, as well as two fire engines and two off-road vehicles to help with the efforts to put out the Jedey fire.

That fire was started, the Guardia Civil has announced, by a 27-year-old German living rough who was burning his toilet paper. He is now under arrest. The army military emergencies unit arrived in La Palma in the early hours of this morning to join fire crews, and they were supplemented at first light by 5 helicopters and the water plane that is now stationed in the Canaries in summer. Currently, over 700 people have been evacuated from the Tacande, San Nicolás and Jedey areas. The following photos- from Cruz Roja and emergency services sources, so genuine ones, not retouched or photoshopped - show what they were facing last night ... it's still burning out of control but the authorities hope to have it contained by the end of today (that's "contained", not even "under control").

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